Category: Blog

One of the hardest aspects of recovery is the issue of trust. I’m talking about two sides of it – gaining it for yourself and […] Read More

“Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail […] Read More

All of us want and need to feel safe and secure. For many of us, fear of abandonment comes from a real trauma – for […] Read More

You know what? Sometimes I’m just not. Feeling. It. Sometimes, I get tired and bored with talking about trauma and recovery, and I feel very […] Read More

When you start your recovery from addiction you often hear about different stages that you’re to expect from it. For those of us who attend […] Read More

Many of us, in recovery and outside of it, have family members and friends who also suffer from substance use disorder. It’s never easy to […] Read More

I’ve talked about the beginnings of recovery a few times, but it’s a subject that demands a lot of attention as that first year is […] Read More

I believe that addiction is the most complicated and complex disorder out there. Now, I’m not a doctor, but I’m an addictions specialist and a […] Read More

One very important aspect of recovery can be meditation. It is not a necessary component—we have to always keep in mind that recovery is not […] Read More

One of the hardest loves is the love for yourself. Why? Because it’s a deceptive concept. First of all, it seems so attainable—after all, you […] Read More

This post was also featured at Wisconsin Voices for Recovery. It’s funny how many people still consider addiction (substance use disorder) a thing that it […] Read More

Our lives often begin in the realm of fantasy. Because what is childhood if not one big world of where the impossible seems absolutely possible […] Read More

One of the most rewarding, but also the hardest aspects of recovery, is being able to right some of the wrongs done in the past. […] Read More

One of the buzzwords of the last few years has been “self-care”—it moved from the offices of therapists to the outside world (self-help world, new-age […] Read More

In my quest for self-discovery, as well as in my work as a professional, I’ve been astonished to find out how complex the issue of […] Read More

The myth of a person with a substance use disorder as a romantic and tragic figure remains a popular subject of films and books. Just […] Read More

I’ve heard many people say that they want to get clean and/or sober.  Many of them have gotten sober.  But many have never managed to […] Read More